The British Want a Stealth Fighter with Lasers and Hypersonic Missiles
Sebastien Roblin
Technology, Europe
But can they pull it off?
London has seeded “Team Tempest” with £2 billion ($2.6 billion) for initial development through 2020.
With a flourish of a silk curtain at the Farnborough Air Show on July 16, British defense secretary Gavin Williamson unveiled a full-scale model of the Tempest, the UK’s concept for a domestically built twin-engine stealth fighter to enter service in the 2030s. The Tempest will supposedly boast a laundry... Читать дальше...